-LRB- EW.com -RRB- -- Neither the World Cup nor the Stanley Cup finals kept moviegoers out of the theater this weekend as a pair of box office newcomers both opened strong .

`` 22 Jump Street '' was the big winner , grossing an estimated $ 60 million its opening frame -- a massive 65 % higher than the original 's $ 36.3 million in 2012 . The bumbling cop duo of Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum turned in the second-highest-grossing opening weekend for an R-rated comedy , ranking just below `` Hangover II '' -LRB- $ 85.9 million -RRB- , but besting both `` Ted '' -LRB- $ 54 million -RRB- and `` Sex and the City '' -LRB- $ 57 million -RRB- .

`` How to Train Your Dragon 2 '' brought the heat as well , with an estimated $ 50 million opener . That 's 14 % above the original 's opening gross of $ 43.7 million from 2010 . The well-reviewed film from Dreamworks also earned an A Cinemascore from audiences and should hang on well as families flock to the movies over the next couple of weeks .

In third place `` Maleficent '' only fell 45 % despite the arrival of the dragons . The re-imagined fairy tale , which did n't score too high with critics but resonated with moviegoers , now has a three-week cume of $ 163.5 million . It even topped last weekend 's two debuts , outgrossing the Tom Cruise-starrer `` Edge of Tomorrow , '' which lost only 44 % of its traffic in its sophomore session , coming in at an estimated $ 16 million . -LRB- The film 's strong reviews have surely helped it hold its value . -RRB- That puts its two-week total at an estimated $ 56.6 million . Then there 's last weekend 's top earner , `` The Fault in Our Stars , '' which saw its ticket sales drop by 67 % . It earned an estimated $ 15.7 million for a 10-day total of $ 81.7 million .

`` X-Men : Days of Future Past '' landed outside of the top five this weekend , yet with an additional $ 9.5 million , it surpassed the $ 200 million mark . Twentieth Century Fox is the big winner this weekend , with three of the six top movies belonging to the distributor .

In limited release the Robert Pattinson , Guy Pearce-starrer `` The Rover '' performed strong , grossing $ 14,000 per theater for a $ 70,000 cume , proving that Pattinson is a draw outside the `` Twilight '' franchise . That said , the real test will come next weekend when distributor A24 expands the film nationwide .

Here is how your top five looks this weekend .

1 . 22 Jump Street -- $ 60 million

2 . How to Train Your Dragon 2 -- $ 50 million

3 . Maleficient -- $ 19 million

4 . Edge of Tomorrow -- $ 16 million

4 . The Fault in Our Stars -- $ 15.7 million

Despite this being only the fourth time the box office has had two films grossing more than $ 50 million in their debuts , the overall yield was down 7 % compared to the same weekend last year , when Man of Steel had a $ 116.6 M debut and This is the End bowed to $ 20.7 M .

Yet the strength of these two openers -LRB- 22 Jump Street also scored well with audiences , earning an A - Cinemascore -RRB- coupled with minimal drop-off from previous weeks ' releases has done a lot to keep the summer box office happy and healthy . The year-to-date total is up 3 % from last year .

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`` 22 Jump Street '' opened strong this weekend

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`` How to Train Your Dragon 2 '' also did well

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Maleficent '' fell 45 %